Reamer.



No. 745,399. PATENTED DEG. l, 1903-.

F. P. SOUDER.

BEAMER.

APILIUATIQN FILED' MAY e, 190s.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES iiatented December 1, 1903.

PATENT OEEICE.

BEAMER.

SPEGlFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,399, dated December1, 1903. Application filed Mayl 9, 1903. Serial No. 1516.483. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that LFRANK PoTTs SOUDER, a citizen of the United States,vresiding at Bridgeton, in the county of Cumberland and State ot' NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Reamer, of which the followingisa specification.

"`"-\l\`his invention is an improved construction of reamer to be usedin packing. canned goods in tin cans in which the top is soldered on,the object of the invention being to provide a simple and efficientdevice by means of which any surplus material may be removed from thecan and also lby means of which the material can be cleared away fromthe circular rim to which the top is soldered. When the material orliquid contacts with the under side of this circular rim, it tends tocool the solder and interferes with the sealing of the cans, and it isfor the purpose of quickly and easily removing the surplus liquid andclearing away the material from the under side of Athe ring that thepresent construction of reamer has been devised, the advantages of suchdevice being rapidity and simplicity of operation.

The invention consists,essentially,in the employment of a plug havingapertures through which the surplus liquid can escape when the plug isforced into the circular opening.

in the top of the can, said plug being carried by-a rotatable spindleand carrying a wiperfnger which is adapted to be projected lat'- erallywhen the plug is rotated.

The invention consists also in the meansV scribed hereinafter andpointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specication, Figure lis aperspective view showing the practical application of my inven'-v tion.Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional-view, partly in elevation, showing thepositions of the various parts-before inserting the plug in the top ofthe can. Fig. 3 is a'sectional view, partly in elevation, showing theposition the parts assume during the operation. Fig. 4 is a sectionalview on the line 4 4. of

Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an inverted plan View of the plug, the wiper-fingerbeing-shown in the position indicated in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a detailperspective view showing the end of the rod, the wiper-finger pivotedthereto, and the suspending link which is connected to the wiper-finger.

In carrying out my invention I. employ a plug A, which may be made ofany suitable material and tapered slightly, so that it can be easilyinserted in the central opening at the top of a can B. The bottom ofthis plug is concaved, as shown at A', and communieating with thisconcavity are the bores A2, leading from the sides of the plug, and thebores A3, leading to the top of the plug, said concavity and borespermitting suplus liquid to be forced from the can when the plug isinserted therein. The plug is rigidly connected to the tubular spindleC, said spindle having collars C and C2 arranged upon the exteriorthereof adjacent the lower end and between which is arranged thesupportingplate D, having feetvD', which rest upon the circularring B ofthe can when the plug is inserted in the circular opening, the spindlebeing rotatable in the supporting-plate, and consequently causing theplug to rotate in the central aperture, as more fully explainedhereinafter. f

A rod E is arranged in the tubular spindle C, said rod extendingentirely through the spindle, itbeing of slightlygreater length than thesaid spindle, and carries at its lower rend` a wiper-finger F, which ispivotally connected to a rod at F. Y This tngeris also pivotallyconnected to a link G,"said link being suspended by a cross-pin G',which rests upon the top of the plug, the link and wiper-lingeroperating in the radial slot A4, produced in the plug, said slotextending from the concavity of the plug to the top and side thereof, asmost clearly shown in Fig. -2. This wiper-finger being connected to therod and suspended by the link will be elevated and projected laterally,as shown in Fig. 3, whenever the rod E is pressed downwardly, and itwill of course beunderstoodthat thisrod is pressed downwardly after theplug has been inserted in the top of the can, and after the iin ger hasbeen projected outwardly, as shown IOO in Fig. 3, the plug is rotated,carryingwith it the said finger, and all of the material which restsadjacent the under side of the circular ring B will be wiped therefrom,so that when the plug is removed there will be no material or liquidcontacting with the ring, and consequently the soldering operation canbe carried on without chilling the solder.

For the purpose of rotating the plug I provide spiral grooves C3 in theupper portion of the spindle C, and arranged upon said spindle is asliding block or handle H, having plates H', attached to the topthereof, carrying pins H2, which work in the spiral grooves, and it isobvious that by moving the sliding block or handle up or down thespindle will be rotated, carrying with it the plug, the spindle andblock being supported in their proper positions by means of thesupportingplate D, which rests upon the top of the can, as most clearlyshown in Figs. l and 3. The upper end of the spindle is provided with alaterally-extending lug C4 for the purpose of affording sufficient gripupon the spindle `while pressing downwardly upon the upper end of therod E. For the purpose of projecting the wiper-finger laterally afterthe plug has been inserted in the top of the can and for the purpose ofholding the rod elevated and the finger withdrawn I employ a springcatchI, having a nose I', adapted to engage a notch E, produced in the sideof the rod adjacent the upper end, and it will alsof be noted that thisspring-catch has an overlapping end l2, which rests upon the upper endof the rod when the said rod is locked in a raised position. The upperportions of the spiral slots are made straight, as shown at C5, and therod is provided with pins E2, which travel in the spiral slots and whichare engaged by the pins H2 during the last portion of the upwardmovement of the sliding block or handle, and while the pins H2 aretraveling in the straight portion E5 of the slots C3 the engagement ofthe pins H2 with the pins E2 serves to elevate the rod and withdraw thewiper-nger to the position shown in Fig. 2, so that the plug can beremoved from the can.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be clearly understood that 'when the reamer isinserted in the can the surplus liquid will be forced through the plugand in that manner removed from the can. The reciprocation of thesliding block or handle upon the spiral-groove spindle serves to rotatethe spindle, and the downward movement of the rod within the spindleserves to project the wiping-finger laterally beyond the sides of theplug, and the rotation of the plug with the finger in such projectedposition serves to wipe away all of the material from the under side ofthe'circular ring forming the top of the can. A spiral spring Ksurrounds the spindle between the bearing-plate and lower end of thesliding block or handle for the purpose of returning the said blockautomatically as soon as pressure is relieved therefrom.

While I have shown myimproved construction of reamer as a separatedevice and independent of any operating mechanism, it is obvious that itcan be arranged in connection with any suitable construction of machineor operating mechanism and that instead of being arranged singly it canbe arranged in any desired number and all capable of operationsimultaneously.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A reamer for the purpose described comprising an apertured andslotted plug, the wiper-fingersuspended in the plug adapted to beprojected laterally through the slot of said plug, the rod to which thewiper-finger is connected, the spindle carrying the plug and in whichthe rod is arranged, together with means for rotating the spindle,substantially as described. i

2. A reamer of the kind described comprising a plug having aperturestherein, and a radial slot, a tubular spindle connected to the plug,said tubular spindle turning loosely in a support, a rod arranged in thetubular spindle, a wiper-linger pivotally connected to the lower end ofsaid rod, a link suspended in the radial slot and pivotally connected tothe wiper-fingerand means for moving the rod up and down within thespindle together with means for rotating said spindle, substantially,

as described.

3. A reamer of the kind described comprising the plug having aperturestherein, and a radial slot and spindle connected to the plug, a supportin which the spindle rotates, the upper portion of said spindle havingspiral grooves cut therein, a reciprocating handle arranged upon thespindle and carrying pins which engage the spiral grooves, the rodarranged within the spindle, the wiper-finger pivotally connected to thelower end of the rod, the link suspended in the slot and pivotallyconnected at its lower end to the wiperfinger, together with means forraising and lowering the rod, and means for holding the said rod in araised position, substantially as described.

4E. A reamer of the kind described, comprisw ing the plug havingapertures therein and a radial slot, a tubular spindle rigidly connected to the plug and having spiral grooves in the upper portionthereof, a laterally-projecting lug at the upper end thereof, asupporting-plate provided with feet, the tubular spindle being rotatablyheld in said plate, the rod arranged in the tubular spindle, thewiper-finger pivotally connected to the lower end of the rod, thesuspended link arranged in the plug and pivotally connected at its lowerend to the wiper-finger intermediate its ICO IIO

IZSMM end, the reciprocating handle carrying pins and adapted tooperate, substantially as dewhieh engage the spiral grooves in thespinscribed. dle the spring-catch carried by the handle and havingahnose and lug adapted to en- FRANK POTFS SOUDER' 5 gage the upper endof the rod, and the later- Witnesses: d

ally-projecting pins carried by the rod and D. A. ROBINSON,

traveling in the spiral grooves, all arranged J. W. ACTON. N

